URUGUAY VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,459	1	4,265	- 1,805
Stroke	2	1,261	2	2,850	- 1,589
Lung Disease	3	803	4	1,706	- 904
Kidney Disease	4	708	8	1,040	- 332
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	416	3	1,899	- 1,483
Diabetes Mellitus	6	413	11	747	- 335
Lung Cancers	7	320	5	1,463	- 1,143
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	291	6	1,370	- 1,079
Breast Cancer	9	246	9	848	- 602
Liver Cancer	10	236	34	147	+ 89
Liver Disease	11	215	27	206	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	12	190	17	487	- 297
Cervical Cancer	13	189	29	172	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	185	7	1,245	- 1,060
Congenital Anomalies	15	170	30	170	- 0
Falls	16	166	47	55	+ 111
Hypertension	17	144	15	648	- 504
Other Injuries	18	138	10	774	- 636
Oral Cancer	19	136	31	167	- 31
Low Birth Weight	20	129	42	73	+ 56
Suicide	21	128	12	735	- 607
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	126	35	134	- 8
Drownings	23	122	45	65	+ 57
Leukemia	24	113	25	280	- 168
Parkinson's Disease	25	102	21	320	- 218
Prostate Cancer	26	101	13	707	- 606
Tuberculosis	27	100	41	81	+ 19
Violence	28	88	23	295	- 207
Asthma	29	87	37	127	- 40
Ovary Cancer	30	82	32	160	- 79
Road Traffic Accidents	31	76	16	512	- 435
Skin Disease	32	74	36	130	- 55
Dengue	33	66	83	0	+ 66
Lymphomas	34	65	20	457	- 392
Maternal Conditions	35	48	60	9	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	36	47	22	314	- 267
Bladder Cancer	37	46	26	276	- 230
Epilepsy	38	43	40	86	- 43
Birth Trauma	39	42	53	22	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	40	39	14	656	- 617
Fires	41	35	48	54	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	32	46	57	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	30	50	39	- 9
Encephalitis	44	24	64	4	+ 20
Malnutrition	45	24	43	73	- 49
Other Neoplasms	46	18	19	464	- 446
Uterin Cancer	47	17	38	115	- 98
Drug Use	48	16	49	41	- 24
Stomach Cancer	49	11	18	480	- 469
Meningitis	50	10	58	10	- 1
Alcohol	51	6	39	104	- 99
Pertussis	52	3	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	3	51	35	- 32
Tetanus	54	2	71	0	+ 2
Poisonings	55	2	55	17	- 14
Hepatitis B	56	2	63	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	56	13	- 11
Syphilis	58	1	66	3	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	24	286	- 285
Measles	60	1	74	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	59	9	- 8
War	62	1	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	33	149	- 149
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	5	- 5
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	28	195	- 195
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Maldives

Uruguay

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.